2008-12-20 until 2009-01-17 // Edge Gallery // Hong Kong
The versatility of photography in our daily lives will further enhance within the Hi-Definition television broadcast; there is a propensity for us to freeze-frame hyper sharp video as single photographs, paying attention to image details apart from the script delivered. These subconscious activities leading to better connoisseurship of still photographic image will rekindle the recent stagnated development of Art Photography in Hong Kong. It is vital to acknowledge the history of this specific art practice before embrace ourselves into the upcoming era.
“Imaging Hong Kong: Contemporary Photography Exhibition” offers a clear picture of Hong Kong Art Photography development. With over 40 photographers and 150 works about our city since the middle of last century, it includes various aspects of photography from social documentary, photo-journalism, portraitures, conceptual art, photo installation to the mixed and new media. Thematic explorations of Hong Kong from past 60 years in the areas of urban renewal, poor people from old regions, snap shooting, consumerism, politics and subjective photography are categorized and addressed. This exhibition highlights the artistic imagination of Hong Kong from selected calibers; it is hoped the exhibits will enlighten the public’s interest to our social environment and encourage their passion to photographic practices or appreciation in the near future.
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